12.       ATTRACTIONS

Findings

The main present attractions of Tranquebar are:

• The beach and sea

• Clean air (forget about the ozone)

• The Danish Churches

• The Dansborg Fort

• The Town Gate

• King Street

• History

• The Fort Museum

• The legacy of the German missionary Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg

• Old Tranquebar as the only relatively physically unchanged trading post since colonial times

• Lack of noisy traffic and air pollution

• The converted Collectors Bungalow, now Hotel Bungalow-on-the-Beach

• Traditional coastal Tamil architecture

• The old and the new Mosques

• The Amman sea-fisherfolks’s Temple

Presently visitors to Tranquebar do not create income or employment, apart from at the two small hotels. There are no shops, restaurants or activity providers specifically catering to visitors.

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